Classic Rock Forum... Anything from Album Oriented Arena to Prog!

Hello, I am LettuceSink and I love any form of classic rock, counting anything from the 90s to the 60s...

I'll start with my favorites:

From the 60s I always like Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley (before he got weird), and Jerry Lee Lewis (and no, I did not find out through top gun, gosh I hate it when people do that). I listen to these rarely though, I prefer 70s and 80s the most.

From the 70s I enjoy progressive rock like King Crimson and Yes, as well as some of the bands who helped bring it into arena like Rush and Boston.

From the 80s my favorite and of all time is Asia (I will get into this more), and I enjoy anything from the poppy stereotypical songs to obscure bands. Some of the top bands are Journey, Men Without Hats, Van Halen, and of course the aforementioned Asia.

From the 90s I like anything from pop (like Pet Shop Boys) to hard rock.

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Definitely love Soundgarden...

Got some good ones there. How about some YouBube examples.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZjDqdCmjqo

Little Feat, Oh, Atlanta, from the album. The live vids don't sound very good. I'm from a little earlier time than you, 60's and 70's was my milieu. Beatles, Stones, The Who, Jimi, Clapton, Dylan, Bowie, Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Doors, Talking Heads, too many to name.

Look for Clapton on the Johnny Cash show in the late 60's(?) with Carl Perkins and they jam with Clapton's band, Carl Radle on bass, Bobby Whitlock on keys, Jim Gordon on drums.

Don't look- click

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbQ283J_NkQ

I used to like Elvis movies as a kid and I hated his music. Now I hate his movies and love his music. He made one decent movie where they wouldn't just let him be himself. They forced him to act after they gave him a hoedown with the family to appease his ego in Flaming Star, 1960 with Delores del Rio, Barbara Eden, John McIntire, L.Q. Jones (writer, producer? and director of A Boy and His Dog), and Richard Jaeckel.

What about the Great B.B. King and Jerry Reed?

what about Pink Floyd?

Hello! By my conservative estimate, between 1970 and 1979, there were about 10,000 progressive rock bands that released just one great album each! Links to some canals of the lost tapes here

https://www.youtube.com/@TerminalPassage

https://www.youtube.com/@errolflane2688

https://www.youtube.com/@retroteque5120

https://www.youtube.com/@thegladiatorofrock1572

https://www.youtube.com/@VeteransOfThePsychWars

https://www.youtube.com/@vinylrecord4106

https://www.youtube.com/@SoftTempoLounge

https://www.youtube.com/@lewisluongrelaxation/videos

⛰️⛰️⛰️⛰️⛰️ Classic Rock

"Animals" forever!!

I prefer punk rock

Yes, I've seen this scene before... I guess now is as good a time as ever to explain.

The first album (Asia) from 1982 was quite different than what people thought it would be... Wetton, Palmer, Downes, and Howe had all worked in progressive bands in the past (that is if you consider the buggles progressive... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Maybe they weren't but I do fell they were at least a little ahead of their time), and the quote "poppy" sound of arena Asia contradicted everything progressive rock stands for. However this music wasn't just mindless pop it was well thought out and composed incredibly, almost like shortened and perfected prog. Listening back to the end of songs like cutting it fine proves this, the instrumental break is one of my favorites. This is where most of the quote "cliche" songs come from, i.e. Heat of The Moment and Only Time will Tell. This first album really put them on the top from the get-go, which not a lot of bands can say. Its a fun listen, classic, and very nostalgic of a time when Asia was a band people wouldn't question you liking.

The second album (Alpha) was technically not as popular but I do view it with the same lens, and I feel Asia really was creating its signature sound with hits like The Smile has left your Eyes and Don't Cry. Really within these first two albums almost every song was a hit and I love to listen to.

By the third album (Astra) Asia was basically on a downhill slide, and it has some good ones like Go and Hard on Me and Too Late, but since Wetton had a falling out with Downes this band really ended before it began.

Through the nineties Payne carried them though and he is alright to me but a different sound entirely. Then in 2006 the originals reformed and although they haven't found success they have found a sound they like that incorporates proggressive elements with the style they like to play, and have also moved on from the more corny synth and worked with their sound in the past while working with now.

SO... Why do I like Asia? Heres a couple reasons:

1. They helped define the sound of the 80s and helped put progressive rock to rest.

2. They are never overplayed... You might have heard Journey a little too many times but seriously when is the last time you heard Asia?

3. The first two albums have no bad songs, I mean even the third has more hits then compared bands like Aha or A Flock of Seagulls

4. In their older years they aren't just mindlessly trying to relive the past they are making themselves the sound they want to be.

Anyway thats enough for today and my hands are tired so yeah

Heres the albums

Asia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCALGlGuVUA&list=OLAK5uy_ljvv0bOTxgh77Aa8LR7r5Ki8QRrnxO1UU&ab_channel=AsiaVEVO

Alpha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odrH8ShNi0A&list=OLAK5uy_kQHrcGw-VurdkLm4fmkIyam0eQstZBG1k&ab_channel=AsiaVEVO

Astra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OubZVZyl2ww&list=OLAK5uy_lraqar9sMcAW72R8XQDXI7G-t1-RPJco4&ab_channel=AsiaVEVO

All great listens tell me what you think

And now for something completely different.

https://theunderthings.bandcamp.com/track/the-curse-of-bigness

We used to do this song in one of my bands and, frankly, I like our version. Not exactly classic rock, but definitely progressive.